The Place of Houses

With a new epilogue

Richly illustrated with houses large and small, old and new, with photographs, plans, and cutaway drawings, this is a book for people who want a house but who may not know what they really need, or what they have a right to expect.

The authors establish the basis for good building by examining houses in the small Massachusetts town of Edgartown; in Santa Barbara, California, where a commitment was made to re-create an imaginary Spanish past; and in Sea Ranch, on the northern California coast, where the authors attempt to create a community. These examples demonstrate how individual houses can express the care, energies, and dreams of the people who live in them, and can contribute to a larger sense of place.

Author: Charles Moore, Gerald Allen, Donlyn Lyndon
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 04/17/2001
Pages: 316
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.22h x 7.54w x 0.77d
ISBN: 9780520223578